Schopenhauer: on the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason and Oth

Description: Schopenhauer: on the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason and Other Writings by Arthur Schopenhauer On the Fourfold Root, translated here in a readable and scholarly edition, is an essential preliminary to Schopenhauers great book The World as Will and Representation. In the companion works Schopenhauer defends his idea that all nature is an expression of will and attacks Newtons account of colour perception. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This volume of translations unites three shorter works by Arthur Schopenhauer that expand on themes from his book The World as Will and Representation. In On the Fourfold Root he takes the principle of sufficient reason, which states that nothing is without a reason why it is, and shows how it covers different forms of explanation or ground that previous philosophers have tended to confuse. Schopenhauer regarded this study, which he first wrote as his doctoral dissertation, as an essential preliminary to The World as Will. On Will in Nature examines contemporary scientific findings in search of corroboration of his thesis that processes in nature are all a species of striving towards ends; and On Vision and Colours defends an anti-Newtonian account of colour perception influenced by Goethes famous colour theory. This is the first English edition to provide extensive editorial notes on the different published versions of these works. Author Biography David E. Cartwright is a Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies and the chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater. He has numerous publications in nineteenth-century German philosophy and has edited and translated a number of Schopenhauers books, most recently, with Edward E. Erdmann, The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics (2010); and he is the author of Schopenhauer: A Biography (2010). Edward E. Erdmann is an emeritus faculty member of the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater with a scholarly background in classical and early modern rhetorical theory. He writes regularly on subjects in agriculture, has edited German translations of textbooks and scientific reports on organic agriculture. Christopher Janaway is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton. He has published widely on nineteenth-century German philosophy, including Self and World in Schopenhauers Philosophy (1989), The Cambridge Companion to Schopenhauer (1999), Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction (2002), and Beyond Selflessness: Reading Nietzsches Genealogy (2007). He is General Editor of The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Schopenhauer, in which he has translated The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics and co-translated The World as Will and Representation, Volume 1. Table of Contents General editors preface; Editorial notes and references; Introduction; Notes on text and translation; Chronology; Bibliography; Part I. On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason: 1. Introduction; 2. Survey of what is most important in previous teachings about the principle of sufficient reason; 3. Inadequacy of previous accounts and sketch of a new one; 4. On the first class of objects for the subject and the form of the principle of sufficient reason governing in it; 5. On the second class of objects for the subject and the form of the principle of sufficient reason governing in it; 6. On the third class of objects for the subject and the form of the principle of sufficient reason governing in it; 7. On the fourth class of objects for the subject and the form of the principle of sufficient reason governing in it; 8. General remarks and results; Variants in different editions; Collation of the two editions; Part II. On Vision and Colours: 9. On vision; 10. On colours; Variants in different editions; Part III. On Will in Nature: 11. Introduction; 12. Physiology and pathology; 13. Comparative anatomy; 14. Plant physiology; 15. Physical astronomy; 16. Linguistics; 17. Animal magnetism and magic; 18. Sinology; Reference to ethics; Conclusion; Variants in different editions; Glossary of names; Index. Review This new translation of three of Schopenhauers essays is of a very high quality and is testament to the customary rigor of the Cambridge Translations. Undoubtedly, this new edition will become in time the standard work of reference for English-speaking scholars worldwide. Philosophischer Literaturanzeiger "...its a pleasure to welcome the latest volume from the Cambridge University Press uniform series of the philosophers works, On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason and Other Writings, published just last month. The enthusiast will be very glad to see that, along with a new translation of Schopenhauers dissertation, there are also new translations of On Vision and Colors and On Will in Nature, the first influenced by the young Schopenhauers friendship with the older Goethe and the second a treatise about the ways in which Schopenhauers metaphysical "will" operates through the physical world. These essays have been among the hardest to get a hold of, and now that we have these new translations (by David E. Cartwright, Edward E. Erdmann, and Christopher Janaway), we can look forward to meeting Schopenhauers expectations of us through the rest of the winter..." --George Hunk, Superfluities Redux "This new translation of three of Schopenhauers essays is of a very high quality and is testament to the customary rigor of the Cambridge Translations, Undoubtedly, this new edition will become in time the standard work of reference for English-speaking scholars worldwide." Dennis Vanden Auweele, Leuven, Philosophischer Literaturanzeiger vol. 66 (2013), no. 2 Review Quote "...its a pleasure to welcome the latest volume from the Cambridge University Press uniform series of the philosophers works, On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason and Other Writings, published just last month. The enthusiast will be very glad to see that, along with a new translation of Schopenhauers dissertation, there are also new translations of On Vision and Colors and On Will in Nature, the first influenced by the young Schopenhauers friendship with the older Goethe and the second a treatise about the ways in which Schopenhauers metaphysical "will" operates through the physical world. These essays have been among the hardest to get a hold of, and now that we have these new translations (by David E. Cartwright, Edward E. Erdmann, and Christopher Janaway), we can look forward to meeting Schopenhauers expectations of us through the rest of the winter..." --George Hunk, Superfluities Redux Promotional "Headline" These translations provide a comprehensive view of Schopenhauers contribution to epistemology, theory of perception and philosophy of nature. Description for Bookstore On the Fourfold Root, translated here in a readable and scholarly edition, is an essential preliminary to Schopenhauers great book The World as Will and Representation. In the companion works Schopenhauer defends his idea that all nature is an expression of will and attacks Newtons account of colour perception. Description for Library On the Fourfold Root, translated here in a readable and scholarly edition, is an essential preliminary to Schopenhauers great book The World as Will and Representation. In the companion works Schopenhauer defends his idea that all nature is an expression of will and attacks Newtons account of colour perception. Details ISBN110755957X Author Arthur Schopenhauer Publisher Cambridge University Press Series The Cambridge Edition Of The Works Of Schopenhauer Year 2015 ISBN-10 110755957X ISBN-13 9781107559578 Format Paperback Pages 558 Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from German DEWEY 193 Language English Translator David E. Cartwright Media Book Residence US Birth 1788 Death 1860 Short Title SCHOPENHAUER ON THE FOURFOLD R Publication Date 2015-10-01 Audience Professional and Scholarly UK Release Date 2015-10-01 AU Release Date 2015-10-01 NZ Release Date 2015-10-01 Illustrations 8 Line drawings, unspecified We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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